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Restrictions for Right-To-Use AP-Count Licenses

The following are the restrictions you must keep in mind when using license for the Cisco 5700 Series Wireless Controller:

The license you have purchased is applicable only for the Cisco 5700 Series Wireless Controller. You cannot use the same license for the earlier version of the Cisco 5700 Series Wireless Controllers.

The CLI commands that you run for the Cisco 5700 Series Wireless Controller are applicable only for these controllers. You cannot run these commands for the earlier version of the controllers.

Information About Configuring RTU Licenses

Right-To-Use
AP-Count Licensing

Right-to-use licensing
(RTU) allows you to order and activate a specific license type, and then to
manage license usage on your
controller.

You can order your
controller with support for a specific number of adder access point count licenses, but the total number of
licenses ordered should not exceed
1000. You can also order your adder access
point count licenses after receiving the
controller.

For example, if you
have ordered
700 new adder licenses, you can add only
those ordered adder licenses to the
controller. The licenses can be added in
increments of 1, but the total number of licenses added for the
controller should not exceed
1000.

You can configure
controller to manage the access point count
licenses from the CLI and view the number of access points currently in use
from both the CLI and GUI.

The following are
two different types of access point licenses:

Permanent licenses
for the access points

Adder access
point count license—You can purchase the adder license to increase the
controller capacity at a later time.
You can transfer the adder access point count license from one
controller to another.

Evaluation
licenses for the access points

You can
activate these licenses to evaluate more access points
before purchasing the licenses.

The maximum number
of access points that can be evaluated is
1000.

The evaluation
period for using the access point licenses is 90 days.

You can
activate and deactivate the evaluation licenses from the
CLI.

Right-to-Use
AP-Count Evaluation Licenses

If you are considering upgrading to a license with a
higher access point count, you can try an evaluation license before upgrading
to a permanent version of the license. For example, if you are
using a permanent license with a 50-access-point count and want to try an
evaluation license with a 100-access-point count, you can try out the
evaluation license for 90 days.

When an evaluation
license is activated, the permanent AP-count licenses are ignored.
The maximum supported
licenses of 1000 access points are available for 90 days
.

To prevent
disruptions in operation, the
controller does not change licenses when an
evaluation license expires. A warning expiry message is displayed daily
starting five days prior to the expiry date. After 90 days, the evaluation
license expires with a warning message. You must disable the evaluation license
and then purchase the permanent license.

When the
controller reboots after the evaluation license
expiry, the license defaults to a permanent license.

Right-To-Use Adder
AP-Count Rehosting Licenses

Revoking a license
from one device and installing it on another is called rehosting. You might
want to rehost a license to change the purpose of a device. For example, if you want to move your Office Extend or indoor
access points to a different
controller, you could transfer the adder ap-count
license from one
controller to another.

To rehost a license,
you must deactivate the adder ap-count license from one device and activate the
same license on another device.

Evaluation licenses
cannot be rehosted.

How to Configure RTU Licenses

Activating an AP-Count Evaluation License (CLI)

When an evaluation license is activated, the maximum supported ap-count
licenses are made available.
A maximum of 1000 access points can be evaluated for 90 days by enabling the evaluation ap-count licenses.

SUMMARY STEPS

1.license right-to-use activate ap-count evaluation

2.show license right-to-use summary

DETAILED STEPS

Command or Action

Purpose

Step 1

license right-to-use activate ap-count evaluation

Example:

Controller# license right-to-use activate ap-count evaluation

Enables the ap-count evaluation licenses on the controller. By default during activation, the EULA gets displayed. If the acceptEULA is passed, the EULA content is not displayed, and you can activate the evaluation license. This option is useful for automation and scripting.

Step 2

show license right-to-use summary

Example:

Controller# show license right-to-use summary

Verifies that the evaluation license is activated on the controller.

Activating an
AP-Count Permanent License

You can deactivate
an evaluation ap-count license and activate the permanent ap-count license on
the
controller.

After activating
ap-count permanent or adder license, if the
show license right-to-use
summary command still shows evaluation ap-count licenses, then
you must deactivate the previously used evaluation license that was not
deactivated earlier. Deactivate the evaluation license to enable permanent or
adder ap-count licenses.

Configuring Right-To-Use Licenses (GUI)

In the License Activation area, choose Activate or Deactivate from the License drop box and enter the number of adder licenses you want to activate or deactive in the License Adder of AP-Count (1 to 1000) text box.

Step 3

Click Apply and Save Configuration.

Monitoring and Maintaining RTU Licenses

Viewing Right-To-Use
AP-Count Licenses (GUI)

You can view the
details of access point licenses installed on the
controller using the
Licenses and
License
Usage pages from the
controller GUI.

Step 1

Choose
Administration >
Software
Activation >
Licenses.

Example:

The
Licenses page appears.

This page lists
all of the access point licenses installed on the
controller. You can view the following details
for the license:

License name

License type
(adder, permanent, or evaluation)

Count (the
maximum number of access points allowed for this license)

Period left
for the license

In addition, you
can view the following details of the AP-Count licenses:

Whether the
ap-count license is enabled or not

The maximum
number of access points allowed for this license

The number
of access points currently using this license

The
remaining ap-count licenses

Step 2

Choose
Administration >
Software
Activation >
License
Usage.

Example:

The
License Usage page appears.

In the
License Usage page, you can view the consolidated
list of all of the licenses based on their usage duration, use of the license,
and the end-user license agreement (EULA) acceptance state.

This example shows
how to transfer licenses to a replacement
controller after an RMA. Deactivate the licenses
from the
controller to be replaced and activate or add the
same number of licenses in the replacement
controller:

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